May 22, 2025
| Use Reasoning Models | Use Traditional Models |
|---|---|
| • Complex, multi-step problems (math, logic, puzzles) | • Simple text transformations (summaries, translation) |
| • Need to inspect “show your work” chains of thought | Emails that sound personal |
| • Integrating external tools (APIs, code, calculators) | • Latency- or cost-sensitive scenarios |
| • Multi-hop Q&A or very long context windows | • Creative work |
Previously some of these models were limited to 3000 words (~6 pages)
Now some models have 2m words (3x longer than War and Peace)
Easier to put lots of information in (e.g. entire tax return) to ask questions
LLM “brain”
Reads your request in plain text and generates step-by-step plans
Autonomous action
Uses those plans to call tools (APIs, calculators, calendars) on its own
Built-in memory
Remembers earlier steps so it can handle multi-step tasks without losing context
Research agents have been built into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok
MCP - Model Context Protocol
Many models and tools seamlessly integrate text, images, video, and audio
Advanced Voice Mode has improved its ability to have more seamless conversations
Video Generation with Sora and Veo
Text to Speech can have intonation
Speech to text can use specific names and jargon
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